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cantibus exceptis; sat nitida; minus dense pubescens ; 
antennis quam corporis dimidium brevioribus ; capite crebre 
distincte, prothorace vix manifeste (hoc quam longiori parum 
latiori, in medio transversim inequali, lateribus antice sat 
rotundatis), elytris subtilius sat crebre, punctulatis; his 
lineis subtiliter elevatis circiter 3 vix distincte instructis. 
Long., 34—4 1.; lat., 1 1. 
Lake Callabonna ; taken by Mr. Zietz. 
CURCULIONID&. 
TALAURINUS. 
T. strangulatus, sp. nov. Niger, squamis pallidis plus minusve 
vestitus et in tuberculis omnibus setis singulis pallidis in- 
structus ; capite coriaceo vix manifeste punctulato; rostro 
brevi quam caput paullo angustiori, fortiter concavo, ad 
apicem emarginato, carinis internis vix distinctis externis 
crassis minus obliquis bene determinatis obsolete grosse 
punctulatis ; prothorace quam longiori parum latiori, mox 
pone marginem anticum profunde transversim sulcato, spar- 
sim tuberculato, antice quam trans basin paullo latiori, 
lateribus sat arcuatis ; elytris tuberculis parvis nitidis sub- 
seriatim instructis, angulis humeralibus tuberculiformibus 
sed vix antrorsum prominentibus ; tibiis elongatis gracilibus. 
Maris femoribus anticis sat dilatatis; segmento ventrali apicali 
pone medium transversim leviter sulcatum, sulci margine 
postico in medio carina transversa acuta armato. 
Femina latet. lLong., 7 1.; lat., 3 1. 
This is a species of narrow subparallel form, its upper surface 
subopaque (the elytra more so than the prothorax) and bearing 
small tubercles all of them isolated and separated from each 
other by distinct intervals many of which are much larger than 
the area of the individual tubercles. The tubercles of the pro- 
thorax. are much larger than those of the elytra and resemble 
small flattish warts while some of those on the elytra (especially 
towards the sides) are acutely conical granules. The squamosity 
of the specimen before me is confined to the sides where it forms 
small patches but probably in a perfectly fresh example it is 
generally distributed over the surface. I think the following 
characters in combination will distinguish this species ; rostrum 
deeply concave with very well developed external ridges; pro- 
thorax very sparsely tuberculate (much more sparsely than in, 
e.g., I. tuberculatus, Macl.), and with an extremely strong trans- 
verse sulcus a little behind the front margin ; shoulders of elytra 
scarcely projected forward ; apical ventral segment of male bear- 
ing a feeble transverse impression extending all across it a little 
